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Stay up to date with the latest news, views and analysis as the number of coronavirus cases in SA increases.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 8:24 pm
One person has won the Daily Lotto prize.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 7:31 pm
Here are the Powerball and Powerball Plus results.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 7:08 pm
The dire state of health infrastructure and services in the Eastern Cape has made headlines during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 6:48 pm
Employment figures released by Statistics South Africa reflect the largest decline in jobs between the second and first quarters since 2008.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 6:18 pm
SA Rugby has confirmed plans to move the Sharks, Bulls, Stormers and Lions from Super Rugby to join the PRO14, which will be expanded.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 6:09 pm
All the airline operations of South African Airways have been suspended with immediate effect, the flag carrier's business rescue practitioners have announced.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 5:46 pm
Edwin Sodi, who was involved in an alleged asbestos looting scheme in the Free State, has admitted to the Zondo commission he made payments to the ANC.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 5:26 pm
President Cyril Ramaphosa said Africa needs financing of US$100 billion for "fiscal space and liquidity" for the continent's governments amid the economic fallout of Covid-19.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 5:04 pm
Chairperson of the state capture inquiry, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, has postponed the testimony of former Free State MEC Mosebenzi Zwane.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 5:00 pm
The patient had been transferred from ICU after treatment for gunshot wounds before he was shot again in his hospital bed.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 3:16 pm
As tensions increase between foreign nationals in South Africa and unemployed youths, we are seeing claims that immigrants are responsible for human trafficking. Nkanyiso Ngqulunga questions whether this is, in fact, fair.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 3:14 pm
Convicted former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli described himself as an ordinary South African and "not unique".
Posted: September 29, 2020, 3:12 pm
Eskom has not warned of any load shedding related to the protests, and it expects the national grid to remain stable.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 3:10 pm
South Africa has a high level of environmental burden of disease, with 16% of all deaths estimated to be related to the state of the environment, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 2:38 pm
The Springbok Showdown presents a rare chance for Young Guns, aspirant Boks and former Boks to see inner workings of the World Cup-winning machinery.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 2:08 pm
The City of Cape Town and Germany have signed a financial agreement which will provide an additional R100 million in Covid-19 relief funding.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 1:40 pm
Bheki Cele has denied that he attended any event or has any personal relationship with the KwaSizabantu Mission in KwaZulu-Natal.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 1:17 pm
The DA is getting ready to grill minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula when she appears before the portfolio committee on defence about the air force flight to Zimbabwe with ANC comrades.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 12:38 pm
The crisis in South African cricket deepened when it was revealed that sports minister Nathi Mthethwa had been asked to get involved in the administrative problems affecting the sport.
Posted: September 29, 2020, 12:16 pm